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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 283, Issue 24, 16772-16780, June 13, 2008

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Inhibition of the Proteolytic Activity of Pregnancy-associated Plasma Protein-A by Targeting Substrate Exosite Binding^*

From the Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark

The metalloproteinase pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) cleaves both insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding protein 4 (IGFBP-4) and -5 at a single site in their central domain causing the release of bioactive IGF. Inhibition of IGF signaling is relevant in human disease, and several drugs in development target the IGF receptor. However, inhibition of PAPP-A activity may be a valuable alternative. We have generated monoclonal phage-derived single chain fragment variable (scFv) antibodies which selectively inhibit the cleavage of IGFBP-4 by PAPP-A, relevant under conditions where cleavage of IGFBP-4 represents the final step in the delivery of IGF to the IGF receptor. None of the antibodies inhibited the homologous proteinase PAPP-A2, which allowed mapping of antibody binding by means of chimeras between PAPP-A and PAPP-A2 to the C-terminal Lin12-Notch repeat module, separated from the proteolytic domain by almost 1000 amino acids. Hence, the antibodies define a substrate binding exosite that can be targeted for the selective inhibition of PAPP-A proteolytic activity against IGFBP-4. In addition, we show that the Lin12-Notch repeat module reversibly binds a calcium ion and that bound calcium is required for antibody binding, providing a strategy for the further development of selective inhibitory compounds. To our knowledge these data represent the first example of differential inhibition of cleavage of natural proteinase substrates by exosite targeting. Generally, exosite inhibitors are less likely to affect the activity of related proteolytic enzymes withsimilar active site environments. In the case of PAPP-A, selective inhibition of IGFBP-4 cleavage by interference with exosite binding is a further advantage, as the activity against other known or unknown PAPP-A substrates, whose cleavage may not depend on binding to the same exosite, is not targeted.

Received for publication, March 28, 2008 , and in revised form, April 23, 2008.

^* This work was supported by the Lundbeck Foundation and by the Danish Natural Science Research Council (DNSRC). The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

¹ To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dept. of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 10C, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark. E-mail: co{at}mb.au.dk.

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